(725 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 156-3)
Sec. 3.
Witness
from another state summoned to testify in this State.
If a person in any state, which by its laws has made provision for
commanding persons within its borders to attend and testify in criminal
prosecutions, or grand jury investigations commenced or about to commence,
in this state, is a material witness in a prosecution pending in a court in
this state, or in a grand jury investigation which has commenced or is
about to commence, a judge of such court may issue a certificate under the
seal of the court stating these facts and specifying the number of days the
witness will be required. Said certificate may include a recommendation
that the witness be taken into immediate custody and delivered to an
officer of this state to assure his attendance in this state. This
certificate shall be presented to a judge of a court of record in the
county in which the witness is found.
If the witness is summoned to attend and testify in this state he shall
be tendered the sum of 10 cents a mile for each mile by the ordinary
traveled route to and from the court where the prosecution is pending, and
5 dollars for each day that he is required to travel and attend as a
witness. A witness who has appeared in accordance with the provisions of
the summons shall not be required to remain within this state a longer
period of time than the period mentioned in the certificate, unless
otherwise ordered by the court. If such witness, after coming into this
state, fails without good cause to attend and testify as directed in the
summons, he shall be punished in the manner provided for the punishment of
any witness who disobeys a summons issued from a court in this state.
(Source: Laws 1967, p. 3804.)
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